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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,274 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:53 PM Tuesday

How the SAVE Act actually seeks to destroy

What exactly is the SAVE Act?

The core goal of the SAVE Act is to require every person to provide “documentary proof of citizenship” just to register to vote for federal elections. In the past, you could usually register by checking a box swearing you are a citizen and providing a driver’s license number, which is tied on the back end to Social Security data, not to mention many other metrics that have allowed our state and local election officials to conduct quality control list maintenance for decades.. Under this act, that system is gone.

Instead, you would be forced to show a U.S. passport or an original birth certificate. If you don’t have those, you’d have to find other highly specific government documents that many Americans don’t have readily available.

The bill also moves the goalposts for how you register. It would require you to present these documents in person. This would effectively kill the convenience of registering by mail and would completely upend the online registration systems that millions of Americans use today.

A New Set of Hurdles

The SAVE Act doesn’t just ask for ID; it asks for ID that many people simply do not have.

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https://www.brightamerica.org/p/how-the-save-act-actually-seeks-to

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How the SAVE Act actually seeks to destroy (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
What was the f@cking purpose of the "Real ID" the government required a few years ago... Redleg Tuesday #1
I had the same thought. snot Tuesday #3
This message was self-deleted by its author snot Tuesday #2
It will not pass. Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #4
If this passes, the ramifications go beyond voting. Women lose - again. Blue Dotty 15 hrs ago #5
Moot point. It's an unenforceable law. lees1975 12 hrs ago #6
If this abomination passes the Senate... RussBLib 11 hrs ago #7

Redleg

(6,907 posts)
1. What was the f@cking purpose of the "Real ID" the government required a few years ago...
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:04 PM
Tuesday

... if not for voting? Now they are saying that isn't sufficient?

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Blue Dotty

(179 posts)
5. If this passes, the ramifications go beyond voting. Women lose - again.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:47 AM
15 hrs ago

Our society for years automatically assumed a marriage partner would take the surname of their spouse. If we have to prove our citizenship to vote because of this custom, what will protect our right to property ownership and other rights of citizenship in this country?
All our hard fought for rights are being forfeited thanks to this regime.

lees1975

(7,017 posts)
6. Moot point. It's an unenforceable law.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:09 PM
12 hrs ago

The federal government cannot legislate state election rules.

RussBLib

(10,594 posts)
7. If this abomination passes the Senate...
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 01:08 PM
11 hrs ago

...and House and Trump signs it, lawsuits would be launched almost immediately, and I would expect the still-sane courts to say What The Fuck? Hell no, fools!

Emphasis on "expect." Since all this shit hasn't happened yet, it should be easy to stop.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

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